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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=demography

Patterns in the long-term viability of North American zoo populations

Authors: Judy Che-Castaldo, Brent Johnson, Nicole Magrisso, Lauren Mechak, Kayla Melton, Katelyn Mucha, Lauren Terwilliger, Melissa Theis, Sarah Long, Lisa Faust

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: demography, extinction risk, genetic diversity, population viability analysis, sustainability

2019

Sustainability Index (S-Index): A tool for use in the evaluation and planning of institutional animal collections

Authors: Colleen Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian sustainability, collection planning, collection sustainability, demography, taxon advisory group

2019

The influence of demographic variation on social network stability in wild vervet monkeys

Authors: Christèle Borgeaud, Sebastian Sosa, Cédric Sueur, Redouan Bshary

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: centrality, dynamics of relationships, group composition variation, social network, vervet monkeys

2017

Adult presence augments juvenile collective foraging in social spiders

Authors: Andreas P. Modlmeier, Kate L. Laskowski, Hayley A. Brittingham, Anna Coleman, Karen A. Knutson, Candice Kuo, Matthew McGuirk, Katherine Zhao, Carl N. Keiser, Jonathan N. Pruitt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age demography, collective behaviour, foraging, group-size, keystone individual, social spider

2015

Measuring fear in dogs by questionnaires: An exploratory study toward a standardized inventory

Authors: Andrea Temesi, Borbála Turcsán, Ádám Miklósi

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: demography, dog behaviour, fear, noise phobia, questionnaire, separation-related behaviour

2014

Adaptively flexible polyandry

Authors: Patricia Adair Gowaty

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: adaptively flexible behaviour, demographic stochasticity, multiple mating, phenotypic plasticity, polyandry, sexual selection, switch point theorem, within-sex selection

2013

Assessing the prevalence and characteristics of hair-plucking behaviour in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: E. H. Less, C. W. Kuhar, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, self-directed behaviour, survey, trichotillomania, western lowland gorilla

2013

Assessing the prevalence and characteristics of hair-plucking behaviour in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: E. H. Less, C. W. Kuhar, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, self-directed behaviour, survey, trichotillomania, western lowland gorilla

2013

Consistent social structure and optimal clique size revealed by social network analysis of feral goats, Capra hircus

Authors: Christina R. Stanley, R. I. M. Dunbar

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: capra hircus, dominance, goat, group living, social bond, social network analysis

2013

Nursing females are more prone to heat stress: Demography matters when managing flying-foxes for climate change

Authors: Stephanie Snoyman, Jasmina Munich, Culum Brown

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bat, behaviour, climate change, management, temperature

2012

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